Lamar confirmed to be a hack
http://pitchfork.com/news/64810-kendrick-lamar-sued-over-bill-withers-sample/
>>64067434
>The lawsuit reportedly calls for damages
>damages
What fucking damages? Did Lamar record his rapping over the stolen track while burning down an orphanage or some shit?
I'm glad he's learning his lesson. Never under any circumstance sample 70s soul now without clearing it/distorting the shit out of it because you will get in trouble.
>>64067503
A true artist regards his works as his children, and one of Mr. Withers' has been irreparably ruined. Now, whenever someone hears "Don't You Want to Say" song, it'll be tainted by its association with a disposable rap song.
>>64067517
It's distorted and has an additional instrument added to it as well as being an octave higher.
This case gone get laughed outta court.
Does anyone know a history of sampling laws? I know a lot of late 80s early 90s shit was really sample heavy did they come down on sampling like they did with raves at some point?
Nice! About time these thieves started paying,
>>64067531e
or recognize that time ties cultural concepts to the nexus hive of meme-structures that build off each other into morevaried forms of expression onward to the infinite potentials of novelty
>>64067839
Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc.
>>64067839
there are three ways you can sample in todays world. pay out the ass, sample something obscure/modify it so no one ever knows what it is, or just not be popular and no one will sue because no one will ever hear your shitty bandcamp
>>64067922
thank you
>>64067434
Do you guys ever wonder if these threads are started by people payed to viral pitchfork?
They all kinda have a similar format
>short, low brow and provocative title
>clear picture of the artists involved, easy to be seen from catalog
>link to gossipy pitchfork article
Like surely there aren't a bunch of man children who monitor pitchfork just so they can share gossip with /mu/ by choice.
>>64067976
>Like surely there aren't a bunch of man children who monitor pitchfork just so they can share gossip with /mu/ by choice.
>>64067976
Nah, that format is just an unspoken meme.
